Questions for Koh

Conn Carroll / April 28, 2009

Today at 2:15 the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a confirmation hearing for State Department Legal Adviser nominee Harold Koh. While Koh has an impeccable academic resume, his opinions opinions regarding the role that rulings of foreign courts should play within the U.S. legal system raise serious national security and constitutional questions.

Heritage fellows Steven Groves and Ted Bromund have identified some questions the American people deserve to be addressed before Koh is confirmed, including:

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